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Saturday, 5 May 2012

Innocence Personified

Cool Splashes tingling in the evening sun,
water trickling down her face,
sweaty limbs danced to the moody waves
lashing against her body,
arched momentarily as the sea sprayed its charm
still young enough to scream and shout,
her giggling voice faded under the Atlantic crush,
she rose above the surf, trembling with joy,
salt cleansed her burning flesh,
her petulant figure washed away,
a new shape reappeared above the waves,
the laughter stopped,
the sea surrendered to this new performance,
mature and graceful she stood alone.

Rooftop Rhythms in Abu Dhabi

Last month I read three poems at this Open Mic Event in Le Terrace Restaurant and Cafe. More than a hundred people came along to listen to poets, comics and singers from Ireland, America, Iran and Sudan. Organised by Paul D and DJ Black Wolf it was their second show and it was great to be able to take to the stage after such a long absence. My last performance was in October 2010 when I launched my book Kill Your Television in Lynotts on Achill Island, Ireland two months before I moved to Abu Dhabi. Bahareh Amidi, Andree Reynolds, Adalla Ellis, Ahmed Elshafea with Hiba and Kimberley Glaspie rocked it on the night in the open air.

Bahareh Amidi reading one of her poems at Rooftop Rhythms.

It was a wonderful night and I look forward to the next one at the end of May. I read Keel, Kill Your Television and The Long Goodbye. Above I have included a poem Innocence Personified from my collection Kill Your Television because I felt I was reborn after I performed. A new light was shining and it hasn't stopped yet.

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Born in Dublin in 1966, my family moved to Achill Island when I was 6 years old and I lived there until I was 18. I studied Communications in college in Dublin and lived there for several years before moving to London. I was involved with the Green Ink Irish Writers Group in London. I returned to Dublin in the late 1990s and studied Film Production at Ballyfermot College of Further Education. I moved to Drogheda in 2005 and set up the Viaduct Bards, a writer's group for emerging writers and poets in the area and organised readings with both emerging and established writers in the area. I ran the monthly Poetry in Motion sessions in the Droichead Arts Centre in 2010. My first collection of poetry Kill Your Television was published in 2010. Several of my poems have been published in Poetry Now, Boyne Berries, Revival, Drogheda Writes 2, Message in a Bottle and various other journals and pamphlets. I am currently working in Abu Dhabi. I am married and have a 4 year old daughter.